Document Type : Research Article / Original Article
Author
Full-time research associate of the Faculty of Culture and Communication of Imam Sadegh University
Abstract
This article attempts to demonstrate the effectiveness of the Asfar Arbaeh(Four Journeys) model as a new methodological framework in the philosophy of science and social sciences, using the research method of implication. To achieve this goal, after clarifying the meaning of the Four Journeys in Islamic mysticism, it has been established in the first step that the "Four Journeys" is a comprehensive cognitive model and is not limited to mystical and spiritual discussions. To accomplish this step, by explaining and critiquing various forms of rational actions, it has been shown that the types of rational actions—analytical, essential, general, descriptive, and combinatory—correspond methodologically with the four stages of the Four Journeys. As a result, the "Four Journeys of Thought" model can be recognized as a new theory in the field of epistemology.
Following this step, to demonstrate the applicability of this model in the philosophy of social sciences, a re-examination of some of the most famous sociological theories has been conducted within the framework of the four journeys of this model. It has been clarified that despite the considerable methodological and foundational differences among these thinkers, their stages of thought can be positioned within the logic of the Four Journeys. This idea, if pursued in detail and compared accurately across various theories based on it, can lead to a new and coherent model for presenting and comparing different social science theories.
Keywords
- Four journeys
- intellectual actions
- four journeys of thought
- philosophy of social sciences
- epistemology
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